How does Basic Income for Singles compare to current Welfare rates?
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:58 pm
Using $18,329 which is 75% of the Poverty Rate for 2020, we compare the basic full support of provincial assistance (welfare) for single individuals over a 12 month period and compared it to the rate of Basic Income.
Disgusting isn’t it?
| Rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Ontario | PEI | Alberta | Quebec |
| +36.6% | +48.0% | +70.7% | +56.7% | +41.4% |
| ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Saskatchewan | New Brunswick | Manitoba | Nova Scotia |
| +34.5% | +43.1% | +37.0% | +52.1% | +45.0% |
Disgusting isn’t it?